>> Stephen: WE'RE BACK WITH THE MAN HIMSELF, BILL O'REILLY!
ILL, THE LATEST BOOK, IT'S BEEBr OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT
CAUSED A BIT OF A STIR "KILLING REAGAN."
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: WHY ARE YOU SO FASCINATED WITH PEOPLE DYING AND
HOW THEY DIED AND TELLING THEIR STORY?
>> IT'S A WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN HISTORY AS FAR AS TELLING THE
BIG STORY AROUND AN INCIDENT.
WE STARTED WITH KILLING LINCOLN AND THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN GIVE GAY US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE TELL THE
READER ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR, HOW IT CAME DOWN, HOW BRUTAL IT WAS,
AND LINCOLN'S ROLE AND HE WAS ASSASSINATED BECAUSE OF HIS
ROLE.
REAGAN CAME SO CLOSE TO DEATH AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
CLOSE HE CAME, BUT IT DID AFFECT HIM.
SOME BELIEVE, AND I CAN'T PROVE THIS, NOBODY COULD, THAT HIS
WOUNDS SUFFERED AT THE HAND OF JOHN HINCKLEY WHO IS STILL ALIVE
AND THEY MAY LET HIM OUT WHICH WOULD BE A HORRIBLE THING IF
THAT EVER HAPPENED LED TO HIS DEATH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAUSE OF
THE TERRIBLE DETERIORATION THAT A BULLET THAT CLOSE TO YOUR
HEART CAUSES A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN.
HE JUST -- HE HAD HIS GOOD AND BAD DAYS, AS THE STAFF SAID.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK REAGAN WAS TOO OLD TO BE ELECTED
AT 69?
>> NO.
REAGAN WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESIDENT AND WE SHOW HOW HE
OVERCAME THIS ASSASSINATION WHICH IS THE HEART OF THE BOOK.
>> Stephen: HE'S OFTEN MISREMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO
NEVER RAISED TAXES, NEVER COMPROMISED.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
RONALD REAGAN WAS AN EXCELLENT POLITICIAN.
HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO.
ULTIMATELY, HE DID TWO THINGS THAT BENEFITED THE COUNTRY.
HE TURNED THE ECONOMY AROUND.
IN THE CARTER YEARS, IT WAS DESPERATE.
YOU REMEMBER YOU HAD TO WAIT IN LINE TO GET GASOLINE IN AMERICA,
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
>> Stephen: RUN RAN UP HUGE DEFICITS.
>> HE DID BUT IT WAS IN THE PURSUIT OF BRINGING DOWN THE
SOVIET UNION WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
SO YOU BRING DOWN YOUR MAJOR ENEMY AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT BY
SPEND MONEY.
>> Stephen: HUGE DEFICITS THAT CAN BE JUSTIFIED BY MILITARY
EXPENDITURE BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT CAN'T BE JUSTIFIED BY
HUMANITIES, EDUCATING PEOPLE, SOCIAL RECEIVABLES?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF THOSE THINGS?
THEY'RE BOTH VITAL ASPECTS OF OUR CULTURE.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND ONE JUSTIFIED AND
NOT THE OTHER?
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A CLASSIC LIBERAL POSITION.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT A POSITION.
IT'S A QUESTION, BILL.
>> NO, IT ISN'T.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ASK EACH OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I SEE.
>> Stephen: WE DON'T HAVE TO PICK SIDES.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE?
WHY CAN'T WE JUST LOVE EACH OTHER?
>> YOU'RE HAVING A STROKE AGAIN.
IN SELF-DEFENSE -- >> Stephen: AM I ATTACKING
YOU?
>> YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO DEFEND YOURSELF FROM AN ENEMY
WHO IS BENT ON EITHER CONQUERING OR KILLING YOU.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS WAR ON TERROR NOW.
ON THE ARTS AND EDUCATIONAL, WE HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THIS FANLT
SI THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS BY KICK MONEY
IN, AND WE CAN'T BE PROMISING EVERYBODY EVERYTHING AS THESE
POLITICIANS DO CONSTANTLY.
REAGAN DIDN'T DO THAT.
>> Stephen: NO, HE DID NOT PROMISE.
>> HE RAISED TAXES WHEN HE HAD TO, BUT REAGAN WAS PRETTY
STRAIGHT ON WHAT WAS GOING ON AND STRAIGHT TALK IS WHAT WE
NEED WHICH IS PRY SANDERS AND TRUMP ARE DOING SO WELL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THEM BUT YOU KNOW WHERE THEY STAND, AND I
LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, BILL.
I KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
>> NO, YOU DON'T.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
YOU HAVE NO BLANKING CLUE WHERE I STAND.
>> Stephen: EVERYTHING YOU SAID COULD BE A LIE?
>> IT'S ALL TRUE.
>> Stephen: I TRUSTED YOU, BILL O'REILLY.
>> I'M A PROBLEM SOLVE AROUND EACH PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED, I
THINK, WITH GOOD COMMON SENSE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT A PROBLEM SOLVER.
YOU'RE A CABLE NEWSPAPER SUPERHERO.
BILL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I'LL TAKE THAT AS COMPLIMENT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A GREAT MOD TOLL DO AN IMPRESSION OF FOR TEN
YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO INSPIRING.
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